Aurora Gaming and FUT Esports provided the match of the day Saturday, needing three maps with an overtime round on Day 1 of the PGL Cluj-Napoca 2026 event in Romania.
Along with FUT, MOUZ, Team Vitality and The MongolZ also won 2-1 matches, while FURIA, Team Falcons, Natus Vincere and FaZe Clan swept their openers 2-0.
The 16-team Counter-Strike: Global Offensive event begins with a Swiss style format with Saturday’s winners playing Sunday’s Round 2 high matches and the losers playing in the low matches. In Round 3, the four 2-0 teams pair off, as do the four 0-2 teams, and the eight 1-1 teams make up the mid matches.
Two more rounds follow before the eight-team playoff field is set on Wednesday. All matches are best-of-three. The playoffs, which run Feb. 20-22, are single elimination and best-of-three except for the grand final, which is best-of-five.
The $625,000 prize pool awards $225,000 to the winner and $100,000 to the runner-up.
FUT opened with a 13-6 win on Mirage on Saturday, but Aurora followed with a 16-13 overtime win on Anubis. In the decider, FUT took Overpass 13-6. The other 2-1 results: MOUZ beat PARIVISION, Vitality topped G2 Esports and The MongolZ downed PaiN Gaming.
As for the sweeps: Natus Vincere took care of Astralis, FaZe beat HEROIC, Falcons got by 3DMAX and FURIA topped B8.
Sunday’s PGL Cluj-Napoca 2026 matches:
Round 2 High Matches
–Natus Vincere vs. MOUZ
–Team Falcons vs. FaZe Clan
–FURIA vs. FUT Esports
–Team Vitality vs. The MongolZ
Round 2 Low Matches
–3DMAX vs. Astralis
–G2 Esports vs. PARIVISION
–Aurora Gaming vs. paiN Gaming
–B8 vs. Heroic
PGL Cluj-Napoca 2026 prize pool
1. $225,000
2. $100,000
3. $68,750
4. $43,750
5-8. $25,000
9-11. $15,625
12-14: $9,375
15-16. $6,250
PGL Cluj-Napoca 2026 standings (match record and round difference)
1. FURIA, 1-0, +5
2. Team Vitality, 1-0, +2
3. Team Falcons, 1-0, +9
4. Natus Vincere, 1-0, +10
5. MOUZ, 1-0, +10
6. FaZe Clan, 1-0, +12
7. The MongolZ, 1-0, +17
8. FUT Esports, 1-0, +11
9. Aurora Gaming, 0-1, -11
10. B8, 0-1, -5
11. G2 Esports, 0-1, -2
12. 3DMAX, 0-1, -9
13. Astralis, 0-1, -10
14. PARIVISION, 0-1, -10
15. HEROIC, 0-1, -12
16. paiN Gaming, 0-1, -17
–Field Level Media
